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Posted by David Sherman on Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 17:50:21 :
In Reply to: A friend loaned me an Enco. Junk. posted by Chris Case @ San Diego on Thursday, May 08, 2008 at 14:38:11 :
Weird. That would be a hassle. My 12x36 has correct inches by .001 on feed screws, cuts inch threads exactly, etc. Not saying it's great, but for the money it's not junk either. Maybe your friend's was an early model. I've seen a lot of older Chinese gear that has metric fasteners, whereas most of their new stuff is all English.
In any case, the Chinese machinery bargains are going away, what with the rising price of metals, the falling dollar, and the fact that Chinese workers are wanting to get paid more. Once they're making as much money as the Americans and the Germans, which has to happen eventually, we'll so who can make better machines for the price.